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Police have said they will match Crimestoppers £5,000 reward (Image: Essex Police)

Essex Police have vowed to match the Crimestoppers' reward for information as the manhunt for murder suspect Bradley Blundell continues.

Crimestoppers initially offered a £5,000 reward for information leading to the location of 18-year Blundell, who has managed to evade capture.

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Where did Bradley Blundell go after the shooting?

August 5, shortly after 2am

Blundell, along with the 16-year-old defendant and Stanley, are driven away from the BP garage in a blue Ford Fiesta. They are in the company of two teenage girls, one of whom drives the car.

August 5, early hours

The five teenagers travel to parkland near Battle Rise, in Heybridge, Maldon.

It is there that items are allegedly destroyed.

Police later attended the "deposition site" where they found patches of scorched earth.

August 5, between 4am and 6am

The group head back to the Chelmsford area.

Blundell and the two defendants are thought to have been dropped off in Boreham.

Stanley and the 16-year-old then caught a taxi from the Bogg Hoggs takeaway van, near to the Boreham Interchange.

August 5, around 10.30am

Blundell is said to have turned up at the home of Stanley's girlfriend, Kyra Hayes, in Jenner Mead, Chelmer Village.

It is here that he allegedly threatened Stanley into taking possession of a bag containing guns and cannabis.

August 5, around midday

Blundell is supposed to have been on-board a train from Witham to London.

Stanley claimed that Blundell called him and instructed him to meet him on the train by getting on at Chelmsford station.

August 5, afternoon

Blundell and Stanley were in the West End of London, with phone mast records showing them to be near Selfridges in Oxford Street. Stanley denied they had gone on a shopping trip.

The boys separated for about 20 to 30 minutes, according to Stanley.

August 5, late afternoon

Blundell and Stanley make their way back across, with phone mast data showing them to be in Stratford, close to the Westfield Shopping Centre.

August 5, late afternoon

Blundell and Stanley are said to have collected the 16-year-old defendant from Springfield in a taxi before heading to Witham.

August 5, around 6pm

Blundell, the 16-year-old and Stanley are captured on CCTV at The Old Pottery Kiln pub and restaurant in Witham. They are also in the company of Blundell's girlfriend.

August 5, evening

The three teenagers head to Norwich - the identity of the driver has not come to light.

Stanley claims they walked around the city's streets before spending the night in a guest house.

August 6

Stanley and the 16-year-old's mobile phones are picked up by masts in Ipswich as they return to the Chelmsford area.

One of Blundell's three telephones remains in the Norwich area.

August 7, afternoon

Blundell's phone is last tracked near Enfield in London, having left Norwich.

Caroline Harmer, a criminal evidence analyst at Essex Police, told the court that she believed Blundell (or at least his mobile phone) travelled through Chelmsford on the way to Enfield.

After August 7

There are no records to indicate where Blundell went after his phone was tracked to the Enfield area.

Has he gone abroad?

Officers are looking into whether Blundell is using Ibiza as a "place of safety" to hide. They say they are looking at the routes he could have taken to get there but at the same time say they are "remaining open-minded" about his whereabouts.

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Alongside the teenager in the dock was Saul Stanley, 18, who was found guilty of perverting the course of justice, two counts of possessing a prohibited firearm and two counts of possession ammunition without a certificate but was cleared of two further counts of possessing ammunition.